Alhaji Collins Dauda
Alhaji Collins Dauda

The next National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise has been slated for Saturday, August 6, 2016. 

According to a press statement issued in Accra, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, will join the people of Shai-Osudoku  to undertake the exercise under the leadership of Nene Nagai Kasa VIII, Chief of Agomeda, known in private life as Mr Mike Gizo, a former minister of state.

The NSD was instituted on November 1, 2014 in response to a cholera outbreak which claimed many lives across the country.

Since then, the first Saturday of every month has been set aside for the monthly clean-up exercise with the aim of encouraging voluntary cleaning of communities by the general public.

The statement said since the inception of the exercise, cholera outbreak had reduced drastically hence the need to sustain the exercise.

It added that as of August this year, the country recorded only one case of cholera signifying that the NSD exercise and attitudinal change was the panacea for the cholera menace and must be sustained and encouraged.

It, therefore, urged the general public to participate fully in the exercise in their respective communities.